Thomas Muhlethaler

Thomas Muhlethaler serves as a Contract Specialist, where he is responsible for managing the procurement process and ensuring that acquisitions align with the agency's operational requirements. In this role, he handles the administrative and technical aspects of contracting to support the agency's mission through the strategic acquisition of goods and services. Regarding set-aside preferences, the procurement patterns indicate a primary reliance on full and open competitions, with no set-aside designations applied to the majority of actions. However, there is a notable commitment to small business participation, with a significant portion of acquisitions designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides and a small percentage utilized for 8(a) sole source awards. His procurement activity is concentrated across several technical domains. The primary focus areas include ship building and repairing, as well as the manufacturing of air-conditioning, warm air heating, and commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment. Additionally, his expertise extends to remediation services and the procurement of search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing, as well as testing laboratory services.